0 Havana, Jan 12. -Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday concluded his official visit to Cuba, from where he departed to Ecuador, to end his Latin American tour that also took him to Venezuela and Nicaragua.* Cuban and Iranian Presidents Meet * Ahmadinejad Awarded Honoris Causa, Vows to Be Good Studen Ahmadinejad, who also met with the leader of the

0 Havana, March 2. -Cuban President Raul Castro met with Timor-Leste Prime Minister and Defense Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, who concluded an official visit to Cuba, describiing it as unforgettable. During the meeting, Raul Castro and Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão talked about the good state of bilateral relations between the governments and peoples, chiefly in public health and education,

0 La Paz, Feb 4. – Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who concluded an official visit to Bolivia, highlighted the strength of bilateral links during a meeting with authorities and different social sectors. During his busy two-day visit to this country, Rodriguez was received at Quemado Palace by President Evo Morales, with whom he discussed bilateral and international issues. Referring

0 Kingstown, Dec 15. -The observing mission of the Organization of American States concluded that the general elections in St Vincent and the Grenadines, in which Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, won a third consecutive term, were fair and well organized. The ten delegates of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission visited all of the 229 polling sites on election day on

0 La Paz, Dec 13. -Bolivia will appeal to the International Court of Justice on the agreements of the UN Climate Summit in Cancun, Mexico, which concluded without consensus, according to radio news reports. Bolivia will file a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice, and it will be the peoples and science that will judge the impact of the

1 Managua, Oct 23. -President Daniel Ortega on Friday conferred the Ruben Dario Order of Cultural Independence to the "A Voice for All" Cuban Medical Brigade, which concluded a year of work in this capital and returns home on Saturday. In a ceremony at the House of the People in Managua, the Nicaraguan statesman awarded Dr. Miladys Orraca, chief of

1 Caracas, Oct. 15. -The Margarita 2010 Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival concluded on Thursday after a week of exhibitions, competitions, and workshops with filmmakers from Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Venezuela. The festival toured communities to show the best films made in those five countries this year. "The festival is motivated by precepts totally opposed to elitist principles,"

0 Havana, Sep 10. -The 3rd International Seminar on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology concluded in this capital, with a focus on biotechnology, medicine and computational modeling. Master lectures on vaccines composed by nanoparticles, nanotoxicity, and nanocover for medical applications, as well as nanomaterials, were the subjects covered by renowned national and foreign experts attending the forum, opened on Tuesday at the

0 Beijing, Sep 2. -Cuban Vice President Abelardo Colome Ibarra concluded an official visit to China on Thursday which reaffirmed the good state of bilateral relations, including heightened cooperation. The Cuban army corps general addressed those issues with top leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and government as part of his visit, which began on August 24. The